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Avocado Cucumber Pasta Salad

Italianmedium4 servings
Avocado Cucumber Pasta Salad

Ingredients

  • (16 ounce) packagetri-color rotini pasta
  • tomatoes, seeded and diced
  • cucumbers - peeled, seeded, and diced
  • (4 ounce) can slice d black olives
  • 1/2 cup Italian dressing, or more to taste
  • 1/2 cup shredded Parmesan cheese
  • pinch salt and ground black pepper to taste
  • avocado, diced
  • squeezelemon juice

Instructions

  1. Bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil; cook rotini at a boil until tender yet firm to the bite, about 8 minutes. Drain and let cool, 10 to 15 minutes.
  2. Mix rotini pasta, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, Italian dressing, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper together in a large bowl. Chill until flavors combine, about 1 hour.
  3. Toss avocado with lemon juice in a bowl. Mix into the pasta salad before serving.